| A | B |
|---|
| a-; an- | not; without; lacking; deficient |
| ab- | away from; out from |
| -able | capable of |
| ac- | to; toward |
| -aceous | of or pertaining to |
| acou-; acous- | hear |
| ad- | to; toward |
| aden- | gland |
| adip- | fat |
| aero- | air |
| agri- | field; soil |
| -al | having the character of |
| alb- | white |
| alg-; -algia | pain |
| alto- | high |
| ambi- | both |
| ameb- | change; alternation |
| amni- | fetal membrane |
| amphi-; ampho- | both |
| amyl- | starch |
| ana- | up; back; again |
| andro- | man; masculine |
| anemo- | wind |
| ang- | choke; feel pain |
| angi- | blood vessel; duct |
| ante- | before; ahead of time |
| anter- | front |
| antho- | flower |
| anti- | against; opposite |
| anthropo- | man; human |
| -ap-; -aph- | touch |
| apo-; ap- | away from |
| aqu- | water |
| archaeo- | primitive; ancient |
| -ary; -arium | denotes a place for something |
| arteri- | artery |
| arthr- | joint; articulation |
| -ase | forms names of enzymes |
| aster-; astr- | star |
| -ate | verb form - the act of... |
| ather- | fatty deposit |
| -ation | noun form - the act of... |
| atmo- | vapor |
| audi- | hear |
| aur- | ear |
| auto- | self |
| bacter-; bactr- | bacterium; stick; club |
| barb- | beard |
| baro- | weight |
| bath- | depth; height |
| bene- | well; good |
| bi- (Latin) | two; twice |
| bi-; bio- (Greek) | life; living |
| -blast- | sprout; germ; bud |
| brachi- | arm |
| brachy- | short |
| brady- | slow |
| branchi- | fin |
| brev- | short |
| bronch- | windpipe |
| cac- | bad |
| calor- | heat |
| capill- | hair |
| capit- | head |
| carcin- | cancer |
| cardi- | heart |
| carn- | meat; flesh |
| carp- | fruit |
| carpal- | wrist |
| cata- | breakdown; downward |
| caud- | tail |
| -cell- | chamber; small room |
| cen-; -cene | now; recent |
| cente- | pierce |
| centi- | hundredth |
| centr- | center |
| cephal- | head |
| cerat- | horn |
| cerebr- | brain |
| cervic- | neck |
| chel- | claw |
| chem- | dealing with chemicals |
| chir- | hand |
| chlor- | green |
| chondr- | cartilage |
| chrom-; -chrome | color |
| chron- | time |
| -chym- | juice |
| -cid-; -cis- | cut; kill; fall |
| circa-; circum- | around; about |
| cirru- | hairlike curls |
| co- | with; together |
| cocc- | seed; berry |
| coel- | hollow |
| coll- | glue |
| coni- | cone |
| contra- | against |
| corp- | body |
| cort-; cortic- | outer layer |
| cosmo- | world; order; form |
| cotyl- | cup |
| counter- | against |
| crani- | skull |
| cresc-; cret- | begin to grow |
| crypt- | hidden; covered |
| -cul-; -cule | small; diminutive |
| cumul- | heaped |
| cuti- | skin |
| cyan- | blue |
| -cycle; cycl- | ring; circle |
| -cyst- | sac; pouch; bladder |
| cyt-; -cyte | cell; hollow container |
| dactyl- | finger |
| de- | away from; down |
| deca- | ten |
| deci- | tenth |
| deliquesc- | become fluid |
| demi- | half |
| dendr- | tree |
| dent- | tooth |
| derm- | skin |
| di-; dipl- (Latin) | two; double |
| di-; dia- (Greek) | through; across; apart |
| dia- (Latin) | day |
| digit- | finger; toe |
| din- | terrible |
| dis- | apart; out |
| dorm- | sleep |
| dors- | back |
| du-; duo- | two |
| -duct | lead |
| dynam- | power |
| dys- | bad; abnormal; difficult |
| ec- | out of; away from |
| echin- | spiny; prickly |
| eco- | house |
| ecto- | outside of |
| -elle | small |
| -emia | blood |
| en-; endo-; ent- | in; into; within |
| -en | made of |
| encephal- | brain |
| enter- | intestine; gut |
| entom- | insects |
| -eous | nature of; like |
| epi- | upon; above; over |
| -err- | wander; go astray |
| erythro- | red |
| -escent | becoming |
| eso- | inward; within; inner |
| eu- | well; good; true; normal |
| eury- | widen |
| ex- | out of; away from |
| extra- | beyond; outside |
| -fer- | bear; carry; produce |
| ferro- | iron |
| fibr- | fiber; thread |
| -fid; fiss- | split; divided into |
| -flect; -flex | bend |
| flor- | flower |
| flu-; fluct-; flux | flow |
| foli- | leaf |
| fract- | break |
| -gam- | marriage |
| gastr- | stomach |
| geo- | land; earth |
| -gen; -gine | producer; former |
| -gene- | origin; birth |
| -gest- | carry; produce; bear |
| -glen- | eyeball |
| -glob- | ball; round |
| gloss- | tongue |
| gluc-; glyc- | sweet; sugar |
| glut- | buttock |
| gnath- | jaw |
| -gon | angle; corner |
| -grad- | step |
| -gram; graph | record; writing |
| grav- | heavy |
| -gross- | thick |
| gymno- | naked; bare |
| gyn- | female |
| gyr- | ring; circle; spiral |
| -hal-; -hale | breathe; breath |
| halo- | salt |
| hapl- | simple |
| hecto- | hundred |
| -helminth- | worm |
| hem- | blood |
| hemi- | half |
| hepar-; hepat- | liver |
| herb- | grass; plants |
| hetero- | different; other |
| hex- | six |
| hibern- | winter |
| hidr- | sweat |
| hipp- | horse |
| hist- | tissue |
| holo- | entire; whole |
| homo- (Latin) | man; human |
| homo- (Greek) | same; alike |
| hort- | garden |
| hydr- | water |
| hygr- | moist; wet |
| hyper- | above; beyond; over |
| hyph- | weaving; web |
| hypno- | sleep |
| hypo- | below; under; less |
| hyster- | womb; uterus |
| -iac | person afflicted with disease |
| -iasis | disease; abnormal condition |
| -ic | (adjective former) |
| ichthy- | fish |
| ign- | fire |
| in-; il-; im-; ir- | not |
| in-; il-; im-; ir- | to; toward; into |
| in- | very; thoroughly |
| -ine | of or pertaining to |
| infra- | below; beneath |
| inter- | between |
| intra- | within; inside |
| -ism | a state or condition |
| iso- | equal; same |
| -ist | person who deals with... |
| -itis | inflammation; disease |
| -ium | refers to a part of the body |
| -kary- | cell nucleus |
| kel- | tumor; swelling |
| kerat- | horn |
| kilo- | thousand |
| kine- | move |
| lachry- | tear |
| lact- | milk |
| lat- | side |
| leio- | smooth |
| -less | without |
| leuc-; leuk- | white; bright; light |
| lign- | wood |
| lin- | line |
| lingu- | tongue |
| lip- | fat |
| lith-; -lite | stone; petrifying |
| loc- | place |
| -log- | word; speech |
| -logist | one who studies... |
| -logy | study of... |
| lumin- | light |
| -lys-; -lyt-; -lyst | decompose; split; dissolve |
| macr- | large |
| malac- | soft |
| malle- | hammer |
| mamm- | breast |
| marg- | border; edge |
| mast- | breast |
| med- | middle |
| meg- | million; great |
| mela-; melan- | black; dark |
| -mer | part |
| mes- | middle; half; intermediate |
| met-; meta- | between; along; after |
| -meter; -metry | measurement |
| micro- | small; millionth |
| milli- | thousandth |
| mis- | wrong; incorrect |
| mito- | thread |
| mole- | mass |
| mono- | one; single |
| mort- | death |
| -mot- | move |
| morph- | shape; form |
| multi- | many |
| mut- | change |
| my- | muscle |
| myc- | fungus |
| mycel- | threadlike |
| myria- | many |
| moll- | soft |
| nas- | nose |
| necr- | corpse; dead |
| nemat- | thread |
| neo- | new; recent |
| nephro- | kidney |
| -ner- | moist; liquid |
| neur- | nerve |
| noct-; nox- | night |
| -node | knot |
| -nom-; -nomy | ordered knowledge; law |
| non- | not |
| not- | back |
| nuc- | center |
| ob- | against |
| ocul- | eye |
| oct- | eight |
| odont- | tooth |
| -oid | form; appearance |
| olf- | smell |
| oligo- | few; little |
| -oma | abnormal condition; tumor |
| omni- | all |
| onc- | mass; tumor |
| oo- | egg |
| opthalm- | eye |
| opt- | eye |
| orb- | circle; round; ring |
| -orium; -ory | place for something |
| ornith- | bird |
| orth- | straight; correct; right |
| oscu- | mouth |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| oste- | bone |
| oto- | ear |
| -ous | full of |
| ov- | egg |
| oxy- | sharp; acid; oxygen |
| pachy- | thick |
| paleo- | old; ancient |
| palm- | broad; flat |
| pan- | all |
| par-; para- | beside; near; equal |
| path-; -pathy | disease; suffering |
| -ped- | foot |
| -ped- | child |
| pent- | five |
| per- | through |
| peri- | around |
| permea- | pass; go |
| phag- | eat |
| pheno- | show |
| -phil- | loving; fond of |
| phon-; -phone | sound |
| -phore; pher- | bear; carry |
| photo- | light |
| phren- | mind; diaphragm |
| phyc- | seaweed; algae |
| phyl- | related group |
| -phyll | leaf |
| physi- | nature; natural qualities |
| phyt-; -phyte | plant |
| pino- | drink |
| pinni- | feather |
| plan- | roaming; wandering |
| plasm-; -plast- | form; formed into |
| platy- | flat |
| pleur- | lung; rib; side |
| pneumo- | lungs; air |
| -pod | foot |
| poly- | many; several |
| por- | opening |
| port- | carry |
| post- | after; behind |
| pom- | fruit |
| pre- | before; ahead of time |
| prim- | first |
| pro- | forward; favoring; before |
| proto- | first; primary |
| pseudo- | false; deceptive |
| psych- | mind |
| pter- | having wings or fins |
| pulmo- | lung |
| puls- | drive; push |
| pyr- | heat; fire |
| quadr- | four |
| quin- | five |
| radi- | ray |
| re- | again; back |
| rect- | right; correct |
| ren- | kidney |
| ret- | net; made like a net |
| rhag-; -rrhage | burst forth |
| rhe-; -rrhea | flow |
| rhin- | nose |
| rhiz- | root |
| rhodo- | rose |
| roto- | wheel |
| rubr- | red |
| sacchar- | sugar |
| sapr- | rotten |
| sarc- | flesh |
| saur- | lizard |
| schis-; schiz- | split; divide |
| sci- | know |
| scler- | hard |
| -scop- | look; device for seeing |
| -scribe; -script | write |
| semi- | half; partly |
| sept- | partition; seven |
| -septic | infection; putrefaction |
| sess- | sit |
| sex- | six |
| -sis | condition; state |
| sol- | sun |
| solv- | loosen; free |
| som-; somat-; -some | body |
| somn- | sleep |
| son- | sound |
| spec-; spic- | look at |
| -sperm- | seed |
| -spher- | ball; round |
| spir-; -spire | breathe |
| -spor- | seed |
| stat-; -stasis | standing; placed; staying |
| stell- | stars |
| sten- | narrow |
| stern- | chest; breast |
| stom-; -stome | mouth |
| strat- | layer |
| stereo- | solid; 3-dimensional |
| strict- | drawn tight |
| styl- | pillar |
| sub- | under; below |
| super-; sur- | over; above; on top |
| sym-; syn- | together |
| tachy- | quick; swift |
| tarso- | ankle |
| tax- | arrange; put in order |
| tele- | far off; distant |
| telo- | end |
| terr- | earth; land |
| tetr- | four |
| thall- | young shoot |
| -the-; -thes- | put |
| -thel- | cover a surface |
| -therm- | heat |
| -tom- | cut; slice |
| toxico- | poison |
| top- | place |
| trache- | windpipe |
| trans- | across |
| tri- | three |
| trich- | hair |
| -trop- | turn; change |
| -troph- | nourishment; one who feeds |
| turb- | whirl |
| -ul-; -ule | diminutive; small |
| ultra- | beyond |
| uni- | one |
| ur- | urine |
| -ura | tail |
| vas- | vessel |
| vect- | carry |
| ven-; vent- | come |
| ventr- | belly; underside |
| -verge | turn; slant |
| vig- | strong |
| vit-; viv- | life |
| volv- | roll; wander |
| -vor- | devour; eat |
| xanth- | yellow |
| xero- | dry |
| xyl- | wood |
| zo-; -zoa | animal |
| zyg- | joined together |
| zym- | yeast |
